TheLandLord
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- Jurisdiction
- California
I bought a rental property with tenants already in it and decided to keep the tenants. House was sold as-is, it has a few issues which i was willing to deal with because the price was right. In the disclosure they mark yes on C1 and in the explanation they refer to the inspection report they gave us which does point out various minor things on the roof that may be or become an issue. I had my own inspection done which found a few other things but still looked like a good deal.
Now fast forward to the first rain of this year. Tenant gets a hold of me about a roof leak. Well i come to discover its more then just a leak it looks like a waterfall is coming down. The tenant makes a comment about it has been an issue. So that raises my eyebrows I ask them for more information and it turns out it has been an ongoing issue since before i bought the house and the previous owners sent someone multiple times to fix the problem and it was never resolved and in fact was made worse the last time it was "fixed". During the sale of the house(which they were unaware of at the time) they asked again to have it fixed but where ignored.
Now to me that feels like they should have specifically disclosed that but i have no idea. Do i have any recourse or did they legally do enough and i am just going to have to eat this cost.
Now fast forward to the first rain of this year. Tenant gets a hold of me about a roof leak. Well i come to discover its more then just a leak it looks like a waterfall is coming down. The tenant makes a comment about it has been an issue. So that raises my eyebrows I ask them for more information and it turns out it has been an ongoing issue since before i bought the house and the previous owners sent someone multiple times to fix the problem and it was never resolved and in fact was made worse the last time it was "fixed". During the sale of the house(which they were unaware of at the time) they asked again to have it fixed but where ignored.
Now to me that feels like they should have specifically disclosed that but i have no idea. Do i have any recourse or did they legally do enough and i am just going to have to eat this cost.